Sir Lawrence Austin Byrne, also known as Laurence Byrne, was a barrister and High Court judge. He is perhaps best known for the prosecution of William Joyce in 1945, and as the presiding judge in the case of R v Penguin Books Ltd. in 1960, the prosecution of Penguin Books under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 for the publication of D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover.
- Occupation
- judge
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- September 17, 1896
- Died
- November 1, 1965
